---
layout: single
property_name: box-shadow
---

<section id="box-shadow" class="property">
  <header class="property-header">
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    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#box-shadow"><span>#</span>box-shadow</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines the shadow of the element.</p>

    </div>

  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.box-shadow { background: #05ffb0;margin: 1em; }</style>




    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="box-shadow: none;">box-shadow: none;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>Removes any box-shadow that was applied to the element.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div box-shadow " id="box-shadow-none">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#box-shadow-none{ box-shadow:none;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="box-shadow: 2px 6px;">box-shadow: 2px 6px;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You need at least <strong>two values</strong>:</p>
<ul><li>the first is the <em>horizontal</em> offset</li><li>the second is the <em>vertical</em> offset</li></ul><p>The shadow color will be inherited from the text color.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div box-shadow " id="box-shadow-2px-6px">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#box-shadow-2px-6px{ box-shadow:2px 6px;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="box-shadow: 2px 6px red;">box-shadow: 2px 6px red;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You can define a <strong>color</strong> as the <em>last</em> value.</p>
<p>As with <code class="shorthand"><a href="http://cssreference.io/#color">color</a></code>, you can use color names, hexadecimal, rgb, hsl...</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div box-shadow " id="box-shadow-2px-6px-red">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#box-shadow-2px-6px-red{ box-shadow:2px 6px red;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="box-shadow: 2px 4px 10px red;">box-shadow: 2px 4px 10px red;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The optional <strong>third value</strong> defines the <strong>blur</strong> of the shadow.</p>
<p>The color will be diffused across 10px in this example, from opaque to transparent.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div box-shadow " id="box-shadow-2px-4px-10px-red">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#box-shadow-2px-4px-10px-red{ box-shadow:2px 4px 10px red;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="box-shadow: 2px 4px 10px 4px red;">box-shadow: 2px 4px 10px 4px red;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The optional <strong>fourth value</strong> defines the <strong>spread</strong> of the shadow.</p>
<p>The spread defines how much the shadow should <em>grow</em>: it enhances the shadow.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div box-shadow " id="box-shadow-2px-4px-10px-4px-red">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#box-shadow-2px-4px-10px-4px-red{ box-shadow:2px 4px 10px 4px red;}</style>
    </section>

</section>
